FAMILY TIME
A family bonds at Quezon Memorial Circle during a fine weekend holiday in Quezon City. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA
More Filipinos remain optimistic that their lives as well as the country鈥檚 economy would get better in 2018, according to a聽recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey.
The SWS survey disclosed that 49% of Filipino adults expect their personal quality of life to get better in 2018 while 3% expect theirs to get聽worse, resulting into a 鈥渞ecord-high鈥� net personal optimism of +46.
鈥淭his is four points above the excellent +42 (47% Optimists, 4% Pessimists) in September 2017, and matches the record-high聽level that was first achieved in June 2016,鈥� the SWS said in a media release on Tuesday.
In addition, the SWS said 41% of Filipinos said their lives improved in 2017, while 18% said their lives have worsened, which posted聽a 鈥渘ew record-high鈥� net score of +23, which is classified as 鈥渆xcellent.鈥�
The social research institution said net personal optimism on the quality of life has been 鈥渆xcellent,鈥� or +40 and above, for the past two聽years, except in March 2017 when its highest only reached +36.
鈥楨xcellent鈥� optimism on economy
At the same time, the SWS said 52% of Filipinos were optimistic the country鈥檚 economy would get better, while 9% said it聽would decline, resulting into a +42 net optimism on the economy.
鈥淭his is 12 points above the excellent +30 (43% Optimistic about the Economy, 12% Pessimistic about the Economy,聽correctly rounded) in September 2017, and the highest since the excellent +43 in December 2016,鈥� it said.
Net optimism among Filipinos in all areas of the country also remained 鈥渆xcellent,鈥� or +20 and above, the SWS said.
The polling body said optimism was 鈥渆xcellent鈥� in Mindanao at +61, Luzon at +40, Metro Manila at +36, and Visayas at聽+30.
The SWS said net optimism about the economy has been 鈥渆xcellent鈥� since December 2015.
According to the SWS, the survey was conducted using face-to-face interviews with 1,200 adults nationwide, with 300 respondents each聽from Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
The survey has a margin of error of 卤3% nationwide, 卤4% for Luzon, and 卤6% each for Metro Manila, Visayas and聽Mindanao, the SWS said. /jpv
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